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Show Summary – Western Skies #125– June 27, 2006
NEWSCAST: FT. GARLAND AND STATEWIDE FIRE UPDATE - BURN AREA FLASH FLOODING NEAR BEULAH
[LISTEN]
ENDANGERED SPECIES PART ONE: BLACK FOOTED FERRET
In the first of two stories, Aspen Public Radio's Kirk Siegler looks at
a new threat to one of North America's most endangered species, the Black
Footed Ferret. Natural gas development threatens a reintroduction area in
Colorado. [LISTEN]
ENDANGERED SPECIES PART 2: PREBLE'S MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE
For years now, a tiny mouse that weighs as much as a couple of plastic sandwich
bags has held up huge, multimillion dollar urban development projects in
Colorado. That's how developers portray the inconvenience of the Endangered
Species Act, which protects the mouse. Others say the rodent is getting
a bad rap. It may lose ESA protection in August. [LISTEN]
WARD CHURCHILL INTERVIEW
On Monday the University of Colorado gave Professor Ward Churchill notice
that it intends to fire him. Interim Chancellor Phil Distefano said the
ethnic studies professor is being let go because of shoddy research and
plagiarism. He is specifically not being fired for writing an essay that
landed Churchill in the national spotlight in 2005 - In that essay, Churchill
compared victims of the 9-11 attacks in New York City to Nazis. In this
interview recorded one week earlier, Churchill talks with KGNU's David Barsamian
about how he's being treated. [LISTEN]
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